Carice van Houten

Dutch Actress

Profile
Popular name       Carice van Houten
Birth Name          Carice Anouk van Houten
Nick name           Anouk
Date of Birth        September 5, 1976
Birth place           Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Height                  5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Occupation          Actress

Biography
Her parents are Margje Stasse (on the board of Dutch educational TV) and writer and broadcaster Theodore van Houten. She is the elder sister of actress and designer Jelka van Houten. When she was five her father took her to a screening of Abel Gance's epic Napoleon which fascinated her. She has demonstrated great interest in cinema since. In 2001 she made Minoes, in the title role of the cat-woman after Annie M.G. Schmidt. In the 2001-02 season she won the main role in a theatre production of Schmidt's musical Foxtrot.